When It's Love: My 30th Blog of the year 2026

Well, hey guys & girls, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first that there was once a story about me when I famously had a Subway in Australia back in 2010 at Brisbane International Airport where I was with Dad, Dad's 2nd partner, Bernie & Jansi Jans when we were doing our family holiday back then when the late Aunty Mavis won a prize for us to go to the Gold Coast for which was our late Christmas present at the time (And I love Subway since for which is an healthy option, but I also love Burger King as well because of them being my fave fast food restaurant, although Subway is the healthier option for fast food craving stuff).

And secondly that there were 3 iconic lap of the gods in motor racing such as the late Brazilian hero Ayrton Senna who started 5th where he worked his way up to the lead when he overtook cars on the very first lap of the rain drenched European Grand Prix at Donington in the UK which hosted its Formula One World Championship Grand Prix race during the post-war era for the only time such as Karl Wendlinger, both future world champions such as Michael Schumacher & Damon Hill, & the eventual world champion Alain Prost before Senna won that thrilling race which will forever be remembered, but the 2nd one was our own Kiwi Greg Murphy in a Holden Commodore VY V8 Supercar back in 2003 during the top 10 shootout of the Bathurst 1000 endurance race V8 Supercars event at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst where he clocked a 2:06.8 for which was the most iconic in Aussie motor sport history to put his position of winning 'The Great Race' a day later (His 3rd out of 4 times that he won), & the 3rd & final one which was future IndyCar driver of New Zealander Scott McLaughlin driving a Ford Falcon FG X Supercars Championship car who made a historic benchmark by setting that pole winning time of 2 minute, 3.8 also during the Bathurst 1000 Supercars Championship event also back in 2017, a day before the race when that stunning lap had shattered the previous record set by Murph which was 3 seconds faster than the one set in 2003, & is considered the quickest ever lap.

And thirdly that me & Pops had a picnic with Andy, Kels & the 2 dogs of Millie & George at the back of Kowhai Park for lunch where we got food & drink that we bought from Cactus Creme Cafe, & Andy was telling me about his cousin Marisa who I got on well with her on Messenger as she watched the opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games in Milano-Cortina (Well, I think I watched it thinking that I was not intending to watch it) where it had celebs who appeared such as successful female  American singer Mariah Carey who sung in Italian, then an Italian film star of Pier Francesco Favino, as well as the famous Italian blind singer Andrea Bocelli (Who performed at the delayed Euro 2020 final held in 2021 at Wembley Stadium between England, & the eventual champions Italy (Whom Bocelli cheered them on throughout the duration of the final, but I was telling Pops that I saw Bocelli on TV) sang the famous opera song 'Nessun Dorma' by the late Luciano Pavarotti, & South African born American actress & one of the late Nelson Mandela's friends of Charlize Theron appearing to address a sustainable peace settlement throughout the world that was rocked by that dreadful invasion since 2022 (And that dreadful American vice-leader got put off with a chorus of boos by these passionate Italian fans as they showed hostility towards him during the opening ceremony (In which the United States (Whose country is hostile just like the Axis of Upheaval (And I love Marisa as my friend on Facebook, but I hate America, especially the far right wing conservative people that I can't stand with (And they're like bullies to start with, but I am outraged & upset about it) because of that dreadful American leader who is in fact, still my personal public enemy number one just like both Rejean & Mum, along with all of the leaders from countries that are part of the Axis of Upheaval) has since been taken over by that evil male blondie who is influenced by that late German leader) & nationalist Germany, while there has been protests as cops fire tear gas in order to disperse the crowds similar to the 2 that I was trying to put on my blogs, but I can't now because it is sensitive to these countries such as the US & one of the Axis of Upheaval countries by keeping it clean & respectful to avoid being offended by it like someone for example just like that dreadful invasion since 2022 (And I'm like Man City coach Pep Guardiola who had been asked to be silent on that matter about that shocking conflict along with the Gaza one that they used to have, along with the brutal but deadly ICE (Immigration Customs Enforcement for which is the modern day Gestapo agents during nationalist Germany times in the 1930's & 1940's) shootings such as the ones on Renee Good & Alex Pretti in which protestors were outraged, red faced & disgusted by being infuriated but cross about the situation in the United States where they showed solidarity towards both Good & Pretti, as well as hostility being shown towards that dreadful American leader (Who is in fact compared to that late Italian media tycoon, politician & ex-owner of AC Milan football/soccer club from 1986 in which he bought the struggling club until he sold it to the Chinese owners back in 2017 who is a goon, & is corrupt just like that current US President of the most controversial Silvio Berlusconi) & that shocking vice-leader that has raised the ire of most far left wing liberal Americans since the nation had tightened its immigration legislations (And those protestors who are caught showing hostility against ICE should be sent to a concentration camp, just like in Auschwitz in Poland during World War II that Ronald Christie had been sent, & after the war that he bore strong hatred towards the people of Germany, but there was one point that one or two of the Germans invited him over that he abused them of showing disrespect towards the Germans as he asked them to get out by giving him space, & he did) when that dreadful American leader returned to office that had been confounded for many generations, just like the Simpsons episode from 1996 where Preposition 24 had introduced by Mayor Quimby therefore stamping out foreigners who overstay in that town of Springfield, even though with Indian shop owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon whose job visa had been expired, had been desperately wanted to become a US citizen by passing the test in which he successfully became an Indian-American, before Groundskeeper Willie had been deported to his home country to the UK on a boat for not following or complying the law regarding to Preposition 24) for which I'm infuriated & disgruntled with for that is shocking indeed, but they're going to set a deadline in June of a solution to come up of ending that brutal conflict, & that's unlikely to happen (While this could go on for long as they're taking forever of finishing that war that I can't stand along with the shocking ICE killings in America (While there has been some recruits who are influenced by the nationalist propaganda), & there could be on the cusp of World War III breaking out this year (And at least we're safe here in our country of New Zealand if there is a third world war), compared to China's potential invasion of Taiwan by next year) or in the next 4 years, but she's watching the Superbowl between the Patriots (Who haven't won since the 2018 season that was during the Tom Brady era) & the Seahawks (The last time they won the Superbowl was during the 2013 season) this Monday morning New Zealand time (Sunday there in America) in Santa Clara, California as well according to one of the texts that she sent to me on the 7th of February (Although I will not watch it due to Pops who isn't at least a gridiron follower because it is similar to league where it's stop start), while there has been an update when Marisa didn't watch much of the Superbowl in which Seattle triumphed over New England 29 - 13 as she focuses on watching the Winter Olympics instead.

And lastly in music related news stuff such as 20 years have passed since the award winning Stadium Arcadium album by the famous American rockers, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, came out back in 2006 where it was the band's most career defining moment as they were champions of the Grammys 4 times, same year that the movies of the Da Vinci Code (For which the movie was cracked down in Samoa due to scenes related to anti-religious stuff for which was controversial about the film itself), Mission Impossible 3 (For that the movie was clamped down in China due to scenes in Shanghai that had taken place for which has been sensitive & gone too far), & James Bond 007: Casino Royale (The first Bond film to feature Englishman Daniel Craig (An ex-Bond actor) who took over from Irishman Pierce Brosnan (Who appeared from Goldeneye way back in 1995, until Die Another Day back in 2002) as the MI6 agent of James Bond, & held onto that role until the 2021 release of No Time to Die) had been released in cinemas, while Torino in Italy hosted the Winter Olympics (The last time the Olympic Winter Games was held on Italian soil before Milan-Cortina hosted it this year), then Melbourne in Australia hosting the Commonwealth Games, as well as Spain's Fernando Alonso securing back to back Formula One World Championships as he beat the likes of the most controversial figure of the sport of German legend of Michael Schumacher who had his first retirement in the aftermath of the season had concluded (In which the 2006 season was the first season to feature 2.4 litre V8 engines that would last until 2013 before the introduction of the current 1.6 litre V6 hybrid engines that had been issued since), & the Crusaders winning the Super 14 championship against the Hurricanes during the final which was the weirdest, craziest, & infamous ever in history at the old Lancaster Park in Christchurch where it was played in the fog so it was difficult to see, especially for the fans turning up at the venue.

So that is my 678th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 30th of this year, viva Ukraine.

Why Can't This Be Love: My 29th Blog of the year 2026

Well, what's up guys & girls, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first on to the gaming stuff that they announced between the Christmas & New Year period of 2025-26 that the 4 Grand Prix racing games set to relaunch under the name Geoff Crammond Racing that will be re-released on PC under the Steam platform, but without the licensing since EA Sports is the current holder for rights to the F1 game series, similar to Rugby Challenge 4 launching under the name of Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge 4 in February last year digitally (But it came out in late May physically also last year, but there was one reviewer who commented on the game about the lack of bump offs when the late Jonah was notorious for that, & it is a bit like a Mike Tyson game without any of the knockout punches being featured where I had to burst out laughing about it, but there won't be any future add on for some reason, & one of another commenters responded that he has seen it happen in that game, asking the developer to make it an actual maneuver instead of random sub to the hand off, then the reviewer replied that he was disappointed on the logic when what most of the rugby development fails mainly is the use of motion capture tech quality, & the reason why that EA Sports Rugby 08 (For which I still got it on the PlayStation 2 as part of my holy trinity of retro games along with Star Wars Battlefront II 2005, & V8 Supercars 3) had a heap of success was because of real life movement & none of that studio copy paste stuff) in response to the disappointment of the Rugby 25 game (Which had all of the licensing such as the All Blacks (New Zealand), the Springboks (South Africa), the Wallabies (Australia), the Red Roses men (England), les Bleus (France), the Men in Green (Ireland), & others) at launch which did not reach the heights of both Rugby 08 (For which was one of the best rugby video games that they ever made) & the most successful rugby computer game of them all, Jonah Lomu Rugby as a tribute to the great legendary rugby player of our country of the late Jonah Lomu (And yes that the 1995 men's Rugby World Cup held in the 'Rainbow Nation', had created a legend like no one than any other modern day greats, such as Antoine Dupont of France & Eben Etzebeth of the Springboks), but also with no licensing as well just like Geoff Crammond Racing 1 to 4 (The 1st one came out way back in 1992 was set in 1991 while the 2nd one had been released also way back in 1996 was also set during the 1994 season, then the 3rd one also came out back in 2000 was set in 1998 (And there was an expansion pack was released in 2001 was also set during the 2000 season), & the 4th & final one came out also back in 2002 was set in 2001).

And secondly that I'm going to reveal the full story of one of my Facebook friends of Marisa Lopez but first & foremost, how the hell did I end up meeting her? Through Facebook of course because I never even met her in person before, but that's unlikely due to the fact that she lives in Florida in the United States with her husband (Who used to play gridiron during school days just like Marisa's bro, Marcus the cop) & her 3 daughters who are aged between 13, 9 & 6, because that's the reason why her life is just getting personal up there, & of course that she is an American citizen who is of Filipina (Through her mum), Kiwi (Because of her dad Marty) & English (Who Martin is British along with having New Zealand links) descent, but I did not know Andy is related to Marisa due to the fact that they're cousins along with Marcus & Marat through Marty's side, as well as Yasser & Areje through Zaki therefore Andy has 5 cousins in fact...These are the questions that haunt me.

And thirdly in music that female Canadian-American pop rock singer Alanis Morissette, could be rock's equivalent of Madonna, compared to Canadian Avril Lavigne being rock's version of Britney Spears, & American Michelle Branch being the rock music equivalent of Christina Aguilera (And also that Amy Lee of Evanescence is compared to Taylor Swift, then Linkin Park's Emily Armstrong share the same role as Katy Perry, & last but not least, Daniela Velez Villareal from the Mexican band of the Warning is similar to Billie Eilish, but I haven't had a topic about music for a while on my blogs (And also that the lead singer of Killing Heidi of Ella Hooper could also be rock's equivalent of Kylie Minogue).

And finally that the Winter Olympic games at Milan-Cortina in Italy are due to get underway on the 7th of February (6th there in Italy) with the opening ceremony at the iconic San Siro being staged in Milan, but I have been watching the curling so far which is my fave winter Olympic sport to watch, but there are signs that the Santagiulia ice hockey arena won't be ready in time, but it hosted its first women's match between hosts Italy & France despite several delays & all of the controversies that a lawsuit had been set up by the Roman Catholic church meaning that construction had been stalled, but continued then ready to go, & most ice hockey fans were slammed about that little jumbotron that they had, compared to most arenas in the NHL in North America (Although the teams competing in the National Hockey League are usually accompanied by those legislation enforcement officers when the players, coaches & support staff are on a bus whilst on their way to training, & to a game) just like in 1996 or 97 where a jumbotron had been collapsed at a ice hockey arena in Buffalo, New York.

So that is my 677th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 29th of this year, viva Ukraine.

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For: My 28th Blog of the year 2026

Well, hey guys, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first that it's been it's been 20 years since our whanau went to a trip to Auckland back in 2006 (The year before our family trip to Waiheke Island in January back in 2007) where I enjoyed it that much (We went to Newmarket where we saw Margie Keys who once lived there, then saw Kathryn were it was the first time I remembered meeting her, as well as seeing the late 'Wallie Wal' whose house needs cleaning in Northcote, & Russell Karu (Who is a Harvard University trained lawyer) where I saw where we were involved in a wreck near Acapulco Motel there when a musician was late to his gig that I remembered a story about it 5 years ago on my blogs that I must've uttered the words "Somebody get me to Middlemore Hospital, I have just been involved in a crash", but somebody was bursting out laughing about the situation) compared to Samoa also back in 2005 & Christchurch back in 2004.

And secondly in the football/soccer that it's been 2 decades since Italy last won the Football/Soccer men's World Cup in Germany where they beat France in the final at the Olympiastadion in Berlin back in 2006 where tensions boiled over due to that one particular incident involving the French captain who was sent from the field in disgrace in his final international for assaulting an Italian player with his head that I literally, but vaguely remember now about that match (And the German crowd were showing hostility towards the Italians every time they got the ball, but that didn't help as the Italians went on to win on spot kicks, while for France (Coached by former player Didier Deschamps who excelled just like both the late Brazilian Mario Zagallo & the late German of Franz Beckenbauer), they had to wait to appear in their next final which was also back in 2018 in Russia where they beat Croatia to claim their 2nd World Cup at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow for that was by far, the best World Cup final I have ever seen on TV ever throughout my lifetime).

And thirdly that Joe Schmidt's bid of becoming the next All Blacks coach has been ruled out because of his contract with the Wallabies runs out until the end of July where Les Kiss will take over from the 1st of August effectively even though New Zealand have still yet to make an announcement of who'll take over from Scott Robertson who decided to move on by leaving his post at the end of last year (Although the match against Wales, was Robertson's last in charge of the national team), even though we're one year away until the men's Rugby World Cup which starts in October next year (But we need depth in order to win the tournament, but who'll break the South African dominance that started in 2019 (Especially the bomb squad for which is their weapon of mass destruction that never ever seem to fail according to the previous blogs that I did in which they trail by a huge margin against most favourable teams like the All Blacks, as well as France & Ireland, especially at halftime (Compared to Canada women who had a fast start in the women's Rugby World Cup final last year against the overwhelmingly dominant England women side who dominated the final to win their 3rd World Cup as they are now 3 behind the Black Ferns (Now coached by the daughter of ex-All Black coach Sir Steve, Whitney Hansen, just like Clayton McMillan departed as the Chiefs coach to head to Munster in Ireland in the URC (United Rugby Championship), allowing former player Jono Gibbes to take the reins as coach of the Chiefs for the upcoming Super Rugby Pacific season this year which will celebrate 30 years since the competition all started way back in 1996, where it began (Same year as the American city of Atlanta, Georgia hosted the Olympic Summer Games, then it was the year after the launch of Windows 95 by Microsoft also way back in 1995, & the year before Her late Royal Highness of Princess Diana (Who had been accompanied by her late Egyptian partner, Dodi al Fayed, & the driver as well, but it was her personal security manager & protector who survived the brunt force impact of it) had tragically passed away in a fatal car wreck in Paris, France on August 31st, 1997 while being pursued by the paparazzo according to the previous stories that I did on my blogs), & there was one player named Fabian Holland who is looking forward to quick rugby due to the 6 legislation reforms in an effort to quicken the pace of the match in Super level) for most women's Rugby World Cups won), then they had gone back to back last time out in 2023 where their most experienced squad managed to hold on by a single point against the All Blacks in the final? We will find that out in which they completed a grueling 5 match tour in Europe which was successful that cemented their status as the early favourites of completing a 3rd consecutive men's RWC ahead of next year's defence of the tournament).

And lastly in gaming that I managed to purchase the original Ridge Racer on both PS4 & PS5 versions of the game after I originally thought that I was not going to get it (And I'm saving money now as of January this year since the demise of EB Games which had to close down due to declining sales as well as a retail climate therefore I will have to go with Dad to JB Hi-Fi in Palmerston North or browse around online on Mighty Ape to get the latest on gaming stuff, & I've got Ridge Racer Type 4 to add to the original Ridge Racer game after I originally wasn't going to get it, but I've got the Police Simulator game along with Ready or Not & the cop section of NFS: Hot Pursuit Remastered as the games where you have to be the legislation, compared to the GTA games like in San Andreas, IV & V, & the Need for Speed games such as Payback, Heat & Hot Pursuit (In the racer section) remastered where you have to break the law, but I managed to purchase The Crew Motorfest on both the PS4 & PS5 versions, & the reason why? Is because of NASCAR making an appearance along with a couple of Oracle Red Bull Racing Formula One cars that's appearing).

So that is my 676th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 28th of this year, viva Ukraine.

With or Without You: My 27th Blog of the year 2026

Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first onto the rugby stuff that way back in 1995 that South Africa became the best team in the world for the first time out of 4 (Including back in 2007, then also back in 2019 & the most recent one in 2023 where they had successfully gone back to back, the second to do so after New Zealand back in 2015) when they triumphed at the men's Rugby World Cup at home whilst making their tournament debut after not appearing then first 2 in both way back in 1987, & also way back in 1991 as a result of racial segregation policies that they imposed, but our late All Black of Jonah Lomu (Who was the greatest rugby player ever of all-time) would've easily been the player of the tournament for notching up his 7 incredible tries that he scored in which he was the joint top try scorer along with his All Black teammate at the time of Marc Ellis, but what a player, what a World Cup he's having, especially his 4 tries in a match against England (Including one that he trampled Englishman Mike Catt in one of the iconic but legendary moments in the history of the tournament according to the previous stories that I experienced on my blogs) in the semifinal was the most superhuman individual performance that a specimen had ever seen throughout our lifetime (And talk about individual efforts eh?).

And secondly that Dad took me for a ride on his new car on the 24th of January which is the 2008 model Mitsubishi Outlander that cost about NZ$7,000 (And he has not owned that car since 2021 where he sold his red older model Nissan X-Trail in favour of a LDV van that converted into a camper van) meaning that his campervan that he had needed to get patched up due to cracks on the window had been inevitable (And Pops has seen it recently where he took his phone to Dad's place to get it fixed because it had a virus in it, but it's since been patched up & ready to go already).

And thirdly onto the football/soccer related stuff that it's been 60 years since England triumphed at the 1966 Football/Soccer men's World Cup for the first, & only time when they beat West Germany in the final at Wembley in London where their English captain Bobby Moore who lifted the trophy, but it was Geoff Hurst who was the hero of that match where he scored a hat-trick just like Kylian Mbappe in 2022 where he was the first since Hurst to score 3 goals in the final, but it was a losing effort where France (They had to lose the trio of Paul Pogba, N'Golo Kante & Karim Benzema through injuries, even before the tournament began where the Argentinians had a big chance of winning that tournament for the first time since 1986 (Which happened about 40 years ago, but that was the year that the late Diego Armando Maradona scored an unusual goal that knocked the English out of the tournament dubbed as 'The Hand of God', although the VAR would've checked as of today whether a goal should've been valid or not (Although the broadcast camera shows that 'El Pibe' scored it with his header), but that would've been a caution for an illegal handball that deflected onto the goal meaning that the goal had scored did not count so it would've been waved off immediately) despite losing the opening match against Saudi Arabia during the group stages where they had became just the 2nd side after Spain back in 2010 to do that) didn't help stop the Argentinian resistance from winning that penalty shootout as well as the World Cup heading back to Argentina after 36 years in one of the greatest ever Football/Soccer men's World Cup final in history of all time (And what was my reaction of that final that I just witnessed on TV? Well, I don't know, I don't give a damn) in a match that made Lionel Messi (The national hero who spearheaded his country to a successful World Cup glory just like his late idol Maradona who propelled to greatness, especially the people of Argentina).

And finally that the Black Caps who dominated the ODI series against India that our chances of winning the T20 series is over as the world champion Indians who were triumphant as they had been in charge of winning the last 3 T20 internationals in which they clinched it with New Zealand (Who had our turn of winning the 4th T20I therefore we ended the Indians chances of a clean sweep, just like England did against Australia during the Boxing Day test in Melbourne late last year) struggling to contain India's top batters (Like Abhishek Sharma for example), & bowlers (Also like Arshdeep Singh for example) that is why the reason that they lost the series in which they are sounding the alarm bells just before the men's T20 Cricket World Cup gets underway in February even though we are drawn in the group of death alongside South Africa & Afghanistan (Who we begin our campaign with) just like in 2024 where we lost to both the host nation at the time of the West Indies & the Afghans (Who had a fairytale run of making the Super 8s, then the semis in that they lost to the South Africans (Who India beat them in the final in which we haven't played against South Africa at a men's T20 Cricket World Cup since 2014) last time out even though we were missing our frontline players, but there has been an update as Bangladesh has pulled out from taking part at this year's men's T20 Cricket World Cup in India & Sri Lanka at the last minute, citing security concerns as their main factor mainly due to political tensions between the 2 countries of both India & Bangladesh so that is the reason why that player safety may be part of their withdrawal from the tournament as a result of political pressure, so they allowed Scotland (Who originally failed to qualify) to take their place in the men's T20 Cricket World Cup as the next ranked best team (And Bangladesh could even return if Pakistan chose to skip the men's T20 World Cup altogether as a result of a political spat between both nations of the Indians (Who go into their title defence of the men's T20 Cricket World Cup against the United States in the opening match with a win against the Black Caps in the 5th & last T20 international) & the Pakistanis).

So that is my 675th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 27th of this year, viva Ukraine.

P.S. And I did not know last year was the year that a famous New Zealand politician from the right wing conservative National Party who was our Prime Minister for 7 years from 1990 where he took over from the late Mike Moore who was PM for just 59 days (He passed away in 2020, a month before the heights of the COVID pandemic began) until 1997 where he resigned allowing Jenny Shipley to take over of Jim Bolger who passed away due to declining health aged 90 on October 15th (And they had their flags being raised to half mast in mourning of him as a mark of respect) so they already sent their thoughts, prayers & heartfelt condolences to him & his family, rest in paradise (RIP).

Jim Bolger

1935 - 2025

Far Away: My 26th Blog of the year 2026

Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger (And happy Easter to you all for the millions here in New Zealand, & for the billions tuning in around the world), but first in the rugby department as bad news that has hit the Highlanders camp before the start of the Super Rugby Pacific campaign this year as young promising halfback of Dylan Pledger who will be ruled out for a year after a freak training mishap had occurred there rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) for which caused an inevitability (And it is like a police officer in the US getting shot by a firearm attack like in a Grand Theft Auto game for that is similar to a rugby related injury, but my reaction of Pledger's injury was like "Oh my god! The Highlanders have lost him for the entire year, this isn't supposed to happen!"), so too is Finn Hurley as he is expected to miss the start of the season with an injury that he sustained during the pre-season (And will there be any legislation changes going into the new season? Well, yes, such as the new Etzebeth law which is due to the fact that it is a result of the crackdown on players who are illegally not behind the hindmost foot by tackling the halfback who performs the box kick every time, even though with World Rugby is launching a crackdown on players who aren't steering clear of the opposing halfback if he or she performs the box kick, as well as the Sheehan legislation that players who hurdle on top of the opposing players at a ruck in an attempt of a Superman dive of scoring a try which does count as dangerous play in that they are discussing about the legality & safety of that try being scored during a British & Irish Lions test against the Wallabies in Melbourne last year, but the governing body is going after referees who police that legislation that they are asking for hindmost if the halfback picks up the ball, then kicks (Just like in gridiron that the kicker cannot be taken out, hence the ruling of roughing the kicker, while playing the player without the ball in rugby is sort of like roughing the passer also in gridiron, but there is new legislations being brought into play in an effort to quicken the pace of the game such as players can't join in a ruck once the ref says use therefore they're clamping it down in an effort to murder caterpillars, then a short arm penalty is awarded if there is an accidental offside or teams delaying of playing the ball away from a breakdown, while sides are being allowed to pass it backwards into their half prior to their attempt of a 50:22, while players who are allowed to take a quick tap & go must be within a metre of either the side of the fair catch, or anywhere behind the fair catch, even if they're within that 2 metre channel running parallel to the touchlines, as well as there will be a prompted intervention from the TMO, even if the ref is overlooked an act of serious foul play (Sin bin level or above), or a clear and obvious violation in the lead up to a try, & the one interesting loophole amendment change will be referees who will not show a player to either the sin bin or be sent off once a penalty try is awarded is at the indiscretion of the ref if there is any sanction for which is unfair & frustrating in which the new season had brought in mods designed to further cut (Or trim I should say) stoppages (Just like that was a lengthy discussion for the referee to the TMO to check on foul play during the Ireland-AB's test in Chicago last year where it lasted 20 minutes on that occasion), inspire play always being fair (With negative play being like offenders who commit crimes), & to make simplification to the officiating of the game meaning that they were asked to prevent interfering in games like that which has been criticised by former French test rugby referee Mathieu Raynal according to his comment on Sud Radio over in France, saying that the South demand more passing, tries, less emphasis of time being spent in mauls & scrums. As the North defend these specific elements and are against directions being set by the South. Their championship works, their venues are full, rugby is more watched than football/soccer in the nation. They don't want to follow directions coming from countries where venues are empty, where they're trying to recreate spectacle and bring fans back to venues at any cost meaning that they turned rugby into politics for some reason, especially in Super & NPC (National Provincial Championship) level).

And secondly that there was once a gaming related story about me that the Gran Turismo series is by far, my fave video game franchise ahead of Grand Theft Auto for that will be my number 2, but the only Gran Turismo game that I haven't played is Gran Turismo 4 which came out way back in 2004/05 while I played the first two such as the first Gran Turismo game & Gran Turismo 2, & the last four including Gran Turismo 5, Gran Turismo 6, Gran Turismo Sport, & my personal favourite of mine that is Gran Turismo 7 (For which is a banger according to the previous stories that I had on my blogs), & continuing onto that GTA story that the 1st Grand Theft Auto game was my first GTA game that I played, then I played Grand Theft Auto 2, then GTA III, Vice City, San Andreas, then also a personal fave of mine which is IV (And its expansion packs of the Lost & the Damned & then another favourite of mine that is the Ballad of Gay Tony, while that game of Grand Theft Auto IV is also by far, an absolute banger & a masterpiece as I mentioned from my stories from the past that I experienced on my blogs) & V, but VI is due to come out in November this year so I'll be getting it digitally on the PS5 (+ the Star Wars: Battlefront series would have to be number 3 & the old TOCA series (That was before the GRID series had taken over from them) would be right up there, at number 4).

And thirdly that it looks like that Andy & Kelsey will turn up earlier in February this year during Waitangi weekend instead of late January according to the notices on the whiteboard (And I had to update it so it looks correct at the time being) because of the text that I saw from him on Messenger where I haven't contacted them for a fortnight yesterday (And I sent a friend request to Marisa Lopez (Daughter of Marty (Who is currently with Leyla in Hong Kong with their son Marat (Named after the famous tennis player of Marat Safin) from a previous relationship) who lives in Florida in the United States where she agreed to become friends with me on Facebook for which I'm ecstatic but thrilled & stoked about it (Compared to me that I was devastated but stunned & gutted that Paige who had never accepted my friend request last year therefore that my friendship with her & Cathey Middelplaats is over as the pair had to betray me by being double crossed (Well, I'm not going to Wellington with either Pops or Dad because of the both of them who hate me for some reason), despite the fact that I never met her during my entire life, even though she's mutual friends with Pops through the late Carole just because she messages to him according to one text on Messenger saying that Andy was kind of Marisa who accepted my friend request meaning that it was official (And she is my American friend now even though we could be besties one day just like Justine, but only Sophia Ong has been my best friend along with Kels & Andy who is even my only male BFF so far), but I'm still waiting for confirmation from Zarife Cohen (Narlea & Stephen's daughter who I remembered seeing her 20 years ago back in 2006 along with her brother Jiavra during our family trip to Auckland, but never met her even though she lives in Wellington as a GP), Leonard Ngapo (Who went to the UK as a chef at a restaurant) as well as his wife Julie, & Areje Anderson who is yet to accept my friend request agreement pact).

And lastly that there was a motor racing related story about Ferrari's 4th place disqualification at last year's 24 Hours of Le Mans after post-race checks which had to be required as the DQ stemmed from a technical violation involving the 4 bolts that were missing on the rear wing support that led to a excessive wing deflection of 52mm that exceeded the 15mm limit that had been allowed in which the trio of Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen & Miguel Molina were baffled about getting themselves disqualified (And the other 2 entries, including the winning car number 83 had passed a check after the race with no further issues meaning that they had not been affected of the result when they had been given the all-clear, while Ferrari had been in charge of winning the Le Mans 24 Hours since 2023 (Then they had to go back to back the year before, then the Italian racing icon had to win it 3 times in a row last year) where they ended the utter dominance of Toyota who won it for 4 years straight from 2018 until 2022).

So that is my 674th blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 26th of this year, viva Ukraine.

Someday: My 25th Blog of the year 2026

Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger (And it's good Friday out here today as part of the long Easter weekend so I decided to post it today so that's why), but first in the tennis department that Jakub Mensik from Czechia (Who was the 4th Czech player to win the tournament after Karel Novacek way back in 1991 then Jiri Novak also way back in 1996 & Jiri Vesely back in 2015) has won the men's ASB Classic after a commanding win against Sebastian Baez from Argentina during the men's singles final just a day before the Australian Tennis Open gets underway, but there was once a dreadful but shocking story that I remember from the late Carole who was telling about it about Serena Williams who never came back to Indian Wells for 14 years in which she returned in 2015 due to that terrible incident involving her being booed by the crowd in wake of a racist outburst hurled at her after Serena's sister Venus, who had to pull out of the semi through a injured knee that resulted in a boycott for Serena (Who won in the women's singles final in the aftermath of beating the Belgian competitor Kim Clijsters) back in 2001 in which she vowed never to return as the event was dogged or blighted I should say by an aggressive crowd who put her off by showing hostility towards the Williams family due to Venus who pulled out of the last minute citing a injured knee from her match in the semi against her sister Serena with their dad & coach of the late Richard (Who was immortalized in a movie of King Richard that was released in 2021) who had been accused of match-fixing claims, but there has been an update in the Australian tennis open that Elena Rybakina (Who won the first set then dropped the 2nd & during the 3rd that she took the lead after being 3 - 0 down, but maintained it until the finish) has beaten twice champion Aryna Sabalenka to win the women's singles crown, while in the men it went to Spain's world number 1 Carlos Alcaraz who dispatched 10 time champion Novak Djokovic to dominate the last 3 sets after Novak won the opening set for which was I thought it's good according to Andy on Messenger.

And secondly onto the rugby stuff that it's official, Scott Robertson is out, as the All Blacks coach (His record against stronger opposition of teams such as South Africa (Who will play the All Blacks in a record 4 tests this year against the 4 time world champions of the Springboks, 3 in South Africa such as Joburg twice (At Ellis Park then FNB Stadium (AKA Soccer City) in Soweto), Cape Town, & one in the United States in Baltimore, Maryland (Both sides could pull out due to a boycott being issued against the US (Especially the World Cup in which European teams could pull out if the US potentially could start a war on Greenland owned by Denmark) because of its authoritarian regime by that dreadful American leader & their administration that has moved to weaponize visa loopholes as they are introducing outright suspensions for some nationalities, citing national security as a reason regarding to the ICE murders in Minnesota in wake of the government immigration war that took the lives of both people, while the Baltimore test was noted as drawing in broader issues of politics, with potential for protests and scrutiny of enforcement, including potential involvement of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the broader context of political events surrounding the match) to showcase rugby there in America when the nation gears up to host the 2031 men's Rugby World Cup (And it'll be the 3rd straight year the All Blacks will come over to the US where they played against Fiji in San Diego, California the year before, & against Ireland (Who will be without Bundee Aki who has been stood down for the next 3 Six Nations matches against France, then England & Italy through suspension as a result for hurling abuse towards the referee during a United Rugby Championship game between Ulster & Leinster in which he broke misbehaviour loopholes that World Rugby has already launched a war on hate towards the officials in rugby, & it is similar to hate speech because this is just exactly like racism, homophobia, islamophobia & antisemitism) in Chicago, Illinois (That's the hometown of famous pro wrestler CM Punk (An ageing WWE superstar who is currently the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, & is in his late 40's because he's 47 now, but it has been 2 decades since he made his World Wrestling Entertainment (For which has once been taken over by Seth Rollins who used to spearhead his villainous faction called The Vision (Consisting of him, former Intercontinental champions Bron Breakker & Aussie Bronson Reed, with Paul 'The Ringmaster' Heyman as its manager, but now includes Logan Paul & Austin Theory) in which social media superstar Logan Paul who set his sights of leading the Vision at WrestleMania, & he said that Logan would get his head kicked on Rollins (Who always cops plenty of beef towards 'The Straight Edge Superstar' due to the grudge rivalry between the two, but the reaction of 'The Visionary' was like when 'The Best in the World' appeared as cover athlete of the new game that he threw up to bits, even though he lost the title to Punk months ago, and Roman Reigns had to appear on the Pat McAfee show about being 40, then having his habit of going to the gym just like one of his rivals Brock Lesnar, as well as he was being overly impressed about his performance of winning the men's Royal Rumble in which he sets his sights on his key rival of Punk, & of course being a San Francisco 49ers fanatic in which they missed out on a chance of reaching the NFC playoff game which had gone in the Seattle Seahawks way in the divisional round) debut back in 2006 (His unofficial appearance was at WrestleMania 22 20 years ago back in 2006 in Rosemont which near his hometown of Chicago were he was an extra dressing up as a 1920's prohibition era mafia member for the WWE Champion at the time of John Cena's entrance against Triple H for his defence of the title) as part of being in the ECW (Extreme Championship Wrestling that lasted until 2010) roster, 7 years before he left in either 2013 or 2014, then he returned in 2023 after spending most of the time in the rival wrestling promotion company of AEW (All-Elite Wrestling), & now he is the cover athlete of WWE 2K26 (For which I already got on the PS5 with the Monday Night War edition, but I started to follow wrestling once again since the female African American wrestler formerly from AEW who crossed over to make her WWE debut in 2023, of Jade Cargill who ended the utter dominance of the young lady known as 'Tiffy Time' of Tiffany Stratton (She made her debut in the same year as her new rival of Jade following her graduation from NXT) in the women's wrestling division, to claim the WWE Women's Championship, but Cargill had been heavily criticised for her outdated appearance in the game according to the news report related to wrestling) in which the showcase mode focuses the career of 'The Second City Saint' in which he'll appear in the latest wrestling game which will be the largest in WWE 2K series history alongside the Rock (One of the legends of wrestling who will appear alongside 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin, the Undertaker, Triple H, Kurt Angle, the late Chyna, the late 'Hollywood' Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Goldberg, Booker T (Who will be part of the commentary team alongside former British pro wrestler Wade Barrett to join the likes of Byron Saxton, ex-wrestler turned broadcaster Corey Graves & 'The voice of the WWE', Michael Cole), & Eric Bischoff & others like Kane, Trish Stratus, Lita, Stephanie 'Steph' McMahon, & the Dudley Boyz of Bubba Ray & D-Von), John Cena, Rhea Ripley (One of the 4 Aussies in action alongside Grayson Waller, Indie Hartwell, & Reed, but Rhea is a bit of a slight lookalike of the former female German tennis player of Andrea Petkovic better known as 'Petko'), Rey Fenix, & others like Roman, Seth, Iyo Sky (Also one of the Japanese wrestlers involved along with Asuka & Kairi Sane), Naomi, Joel Hendry (Who has been labelled as the next Drew McIntyre due to him appearing on NXT, & one of the Scottish wrestlers appearing along with McIntyre, Nikki Cross from the Wyatt family, & the Secret Hervice consisting of both Alba Fyre & Piper Niven (Security managers & protectors of female Canadian wrestler Chelsea Green who is a leader of the Green Regime, an all-girl villainous tag team stable (Compared to Team Rhiyo which is a Aussie-Japanese all-girl tag team duo pair consisting of Iyo & Rhea), Penta (The one who ended the reign of 'Dirty' Dominik Mysterio of becoming the Intercontinental champion), Rey Mysterio, Rey's son of 'Dirty' Dominik (An apparent heir of the late 'Latino Heat' of Eddie Guerrero), Belair, Cody (The Undisputed WWE Champion who is set to take on one of his former friends of Randy Orton (Who was the protege/apprentice of Triple H during his time when that villainous tag team stable of Evolution was around which featured the likes of 'The Game', Orton, Batista & Ric Flair), & Punk) last year in which we managed to erase the painful memories we had from 2016, but of course that the Americans will have a love affair of getting hooked into rugby after being used to follow the sport of gridiron mainly such as the National Football League (NFL, as there has an update about the teams who'll play at Superbowl LX is set, it'll be the New England Patriots, who are up against the Seattle Seahawks, in a rematch of Superbowl XLIX where the Patriots led by Tom Brady at the time had denied the Seahawks a chance of defending the Vince Lombardi trophy (That honour went to the Kansas City Chiefs who won it when Superbowl LVIII was played when they beat the San Francisco 49ers, before missing out last year to the Philadelphia Eagles (Who lost it to the 49ers during the NFC playoff wildcard game this season) during Superbowl LIX in Santa Clara, California at Levi's Stadium (Home of the San Francisco 49ers), Argentina, England (Including Ardie Savea's dreadful performance as an All Black in that game which led to his downfall) & France was poor but wayward on that occasion even though our next test is against the French in Christchurch due in July this year for the historic first ever game of the new World Rugby Nations Championship, at a brand new stadium near them, that is at One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch (A new home of the reigning champion Crusaders in Super Rugby Pacific & current holders Canterbury in the National Provincial Championship (NPC) sponsored by Bunnings), with the national team seeking to replace the man they call 'Razor' with 3 possible candidates such as the former Wallabies coach Dave 'Renns/Renn' Rennie, as well as the Springboks assistant coach Tony 'Brownie' Brown, & the Highlanders head coach Jamie 'Joe' Joseph, even though with the trio are expected to be in the frame to become the next AB's coach (And unlike the greatest achievement of Sir Graham 'Ted' Henry's life was winning the men's Rugby World Cup for the All Blacks in 2011 after 24 years of heartbreak & disappointment, & being appointed again following the failure of the 2007 tournament (The first & only time New Zealand had tasted defeat in a men's RWC quarterfinal game (But our likely opponent for the quarters for the next men's RWC will be South Africa if we beat the host nation of the Wallabies during pool play), & it should've gone to Robbie Deans anyway as Ted's replacement who instead went to our old foe of Australia from 2008, until he left in 2013 post-British & Irish Lions series) according to Sir Graham presents the World Cups: 1987 to 2015 book that I still got in my bedroom for which I have not read that book for a long time, & I've had that book since 2016 a year after the AB's had last won the men's Rugby World Cup to date back in 2015).

And thirdly in motor racing that 5 years have passed since the most iconic voice of motor racing named Murray Walker (One of my fave racing commentators of all time if not one of the best & most entertaining) who was from the UK (He even served in World War II for the British armed forces) who passed away in 2021 due to old age at 98 as he was respected throughout the entire motorsport community in the UK, & around the world known for his skills of calling motor races, especially in Formula One where he was once the original voice of F1 (And now they have David Croft who has taken over as the current voice of Formula 1, while Alex Jacques is the other voice of F1 as well, then Harry Benjamin as another one of the voices of F1, compared to Will Buxton being the voice of IndyCar when Fox took over the broadcasting rights from NBC since last year as he took over from Leigh Diffey, then Kevin Lee, & Neil Crompton the former Aussie race car driver who is the voice of the Supercars Championship since 2016 from 'Rusty' of Greg Rust), but his most iconic moment of calling a race was Damon Hill (Who was the first second generation world champion before German born Nico Rosberg (Son of Finnish driver who was the 1982 world champ Keke) who did it in 2016 even before retiring for good) where he followed his late dad Graeme's footsteps of becoming champion of the world in both 1962 & 1968) finally becoming world champion in 1996 (2 years after he fell short by the barest of margins way back in 1994 (For that was the year which had been marred by the fatal accident in Imola, Italy during the San Marino Grand Prix that took the life of one of the all-time greats of the sport of the Brazilian hero, Ayrton Senna who was a 3 time Formula One world champion) against the ever controversial German of Michael Schumacher who thought that he deliberately took out Hill in which the collision between the two during the Australian Grand Prix at Adelaide who would host the Grand Prix for the penultimate time, had decided the world championship resulting in the British driver's retirement that handed 'Schumi' the title (And that would have been a penalty for avoidable contact as of today) with Walker's iconic line which will be remembered of "And I've got to stop, because I've got a lump in my throat", & there was another one that the late Austrian of Niki Lauda had pulled out in Mount Fuji, Japan 1976 thinking that it was unsafe to continue for him due to the wet weather conditions (He made an incredible comeback in Italy after he defied his doctors orders) meaning that he did not want to take a risk, citing fears about the near fatal crash that he experienced in Germany therefore causing him to miss a couple of races, allowing also the late British driver of James Hunt who sniffed a chance to beat Lauda for the world title, & he delivered for that was immortalized already in the 2013 movie Rush (Which was released in cinemas 12 years before the Brad Pitt film called F1: the Movie (Which is about Sonny Hayes making his comeback by returning to the sport 30 years after his near fatal accident that he was involved with had cut short his promising F1 career) that came out last year for which was better than the Gran Turismo Based on a True Story movie that was released in 2023, but far better than the 2001 CART Champ Car movie starring Sylvester Stallone (Of both Rambo & Rocky fame who portrayed Joe 'Hummer' Tanto who is tempted to come out of retirement to aid a rookie of Jimmy Bly who dominated the first part of the season, until he struggled mid-season with his German rival of Beau Brandenburg (A character inspired by the most controversial German F1 legend of Michael Schumacher (Compared to the late Brazilian hero of Ayrton Senna who was the greatest Formula One driver of all-time), with German movie star Til Schweiger reprising that role) closing in of ending Bly's chances of becoming the CART World Series champion) of Driven (It was originally conceived as an F1 movie, but they ended up making a film about the CART World Series), & also in 1986 that Nigel Mansell's chances of becoming a maiden world champion had been blown up with a flattie (A tyre delamination I should say) that cost him a big chance over in Adelaide, Australia, therefore handing the world championship to Frenchman Alain Prost who dominated the Australian Grand Prix in a McLaren (And the reason why I'm backing McLaren is that it's a British car manufacturer, but it's founded by a late New Zealander who was the Le Mans 24 Hours winning driver of Bruce McLaren despite that the fact that I'm a Liam Lawson fan throughout (He made his debut in the Netherlands in 2023 for Alphatauri therefore subbing in for the injured Aussie Daniel Ricciardo until he returned in the US GP in Austin until he left a year later the year before allowing Lawson to take back his race seat which outraged most Aussie F1 fans (Especially on social media), until Lawson (Well, security must've been arranged to guard the New Zealander in time for the Mexican GP for that was the year before) transferred to the main Red Bull team in which he had an unsuccessful tenure after 2 races in that he chose to return to RB Racing Bulls where he has been there since) meaning that Mansell had to wait 6 years later, of becoming the world champion way back in 1992 in a car equipped with electronic gizmos for which is motor racing's version of cricket's bodyline in 1932-33 where the English fielders had employed brutal tactics against the Aussie batters during the Ashes series.

And finally in the cricket that India led the ODI series 1 - 0, but it was the Black Caps (Who are without our frontline players such as Tom Latham, Kane Williamson, Mitchell Santner, Jacob Duffy & others) turn to dominate the last 2 One Day Internationals with our start batter Daryl Mitchell scoring none other than back to back centuries (He scored an unbeaten 131 in the 2nd One Day International where he hit the winning runs, then 137 in the 3rd & deciding ODI) along with Will Young who posted a ton in the 3rd ODI to win the series after being 1 - 0 down for a historic One Day International series win against the Indians on Indian soil even though we have a T20I series in hand against India which is our last series hit-out before the men's T20 Cricket World Cup gets underway on February 7th where the Indians will defend their title after their success the year before against South Africa (Who completed a redemption story as they erased their painful memories in Barbados to win the World Test Championship against the defending champions at the time of the Aussies in front of a packed crowd although the WTC final was completed inside 4 days out of the originally scheduled 5 then a reserve day at Lord's in London, England last year) in the final at Kensington Oval in Barbados in which they redeemed themselves a year after losing to Australia (Whose pathway began after not making the semifinal stages of their home men's T20 Cricket World Cup in 2022 therefore failing to defend their title that they won in 2021 in the UAE & Oman, but first, they had to win their first WTC crown by beating India in the final at the Oval in London, then they retained the Ashes against England despite a drawn series) in 2023 during the men's ODI Cricket World Cup at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

So that is my 673rd blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 25th of this year, viva Ukraine.

P.S. And it is within deep sadness as the entertainment world is in mourning as martial artist & film star Chuck Norris has recently passed away aged 86 just 9 days after his birthday, so rest in paradise, but all thoughts, prayers, & heartfelt condolences go to his family back in the United States for that sad but tough time.

Chuck Norris

1940 - 2026

Purple Rain: My 24th Blog of the year 2026

Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first that Canada had agreed to sign a trade deal with China therefore the Americans are outraged about the situation being unfolded, but the Canadians had stopped selling American whisky, & had to change the coffee brand from Americano to Canadiano due to the tariff debacle that had been arisen by that dreadful American leader (Who is shunned by many people who are non-supporters of the US President in fact, oh shameless because not only I'm getting fed up about the US President who is like a bully similar to that leader of that country who started that dreadful invasion since 2022 as well as other leaders from China, Iran & North Korea) that happened last year according to the comment from Aunty Tan who was here with Rejean exactly 9 days ago as of January 11th this year (And every NHL game for when the national anthem is played, the fans will have to show respect if the US national anthem is played in Canada, & if the Canadian national anthem is played in the US due to a clamp down being enforced on American fans putting off the Canadian one in the US with a chorus of boos, or the Canadian fans putting off the American one in Canada with also a chorus of boos, just like in cricket where the fielders especially the slips are asked to show respect towards the batter to avoid getting penalty runs for putting off the batter by distracting them, golf where the sign always asks the crowd for silence, rugby in which they told not to boo the kicker every time they take a conversion or penalty goal in such rugby grounds such as Europe & Japan, & tennis for that the players are ready (One is serving & the other is receiving).

And secondly that there was once a cricket story about the late 'Warney' of Shane Warne (An Aussie cricket immortal just like the late Sir Don Bradman who passed away in 2022 in Thailand during his holiday a year after he was unhurt but escaped with bruises in a motorbike accident with his son Jackson in 2021 due to heart complications regarding to his severe chest pain, & the one who met celebs such as Sylvester Stallone, 'Sugar' Ray Leonard & Dwayne Johnson (The man formerly known as Rocky Maivia who was known back then as the Rock) who got injured during an ODI match for Australia against England back in 2002 with him writhing in pain & agony in the aftermath of bowling a ball, then attempting to field that he popped his right shoulder (He's had both ops to repair these certain injuries according to the autobiography of him about how painful & agonising it was to miss a certain men's ODI Cricket World Cup in South Africa 2003 like that (He appeared in both way back in 1996 as the Aussies fell short against Sri Lanka on that occasion, then 1999 where he was part of the winning side) therefore signalling the end of his one day career (He had taken diuretics, or fat pills to aid the recovery whilst making into the 2003 men's ODI Cricket World Cup squad on the advice of his mum, but he got suspended however for a year) just like Phil 'Tuffers the Cat' Tufnell that his last ODI match was against New Zealand for England in Christchurch in which he got standout player of the game honours way back in 1997 before being dropped for the match at McLean Park in Napier due to the boundaries being shorter which marked the beginning of the end of his one day career, & 'Was' of Wasim Akram (The men's ODI Cricket World World Cup winning player from 1992 where Pakistan triumphed when the tournament was held in both Australia & New Zealand, & one of the true stars of cricket during the 90's period along with the late Warne & the controversial Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralidaran) as well when he opted to pull out of that crucial knockout game in the quarterfinal for Pakistan against India also way back in 1996 through a side strain (For that worsened during training prior to the quarters in which Wasim's injury that he elected to withdraw that cost Pakistan a fortune of reaching the semi for that really was a game changer, as well as their chances & aspirations of defending their title) he sustained in the win against New Zealand in a group match in which the Pakistani cricket fans were livid & outraged as they pelted stones towards his home in Pakistan & receiving death threats that is not nice, also therefore allowing Aamir Sohail to hand over responsibilities as the captain of that game which had gone in India's way.

And thirdly that we're going to have both covered stadiums here in New Zealand, all in the South Island such as both Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin which opened in 2011 before the men's Rugby World Cup tournament as a replacement for Carisbrook, & then One New Zealand Stadium in Christchurch that is due to open in April this year also as replacement of Lancaster Park who had to close it down, then demolish it due to earthquake damage in time for Super Round (Which is held in New Zealand for the first time after a 2 year absence as they take over from Melbourne who previously hosted it from 2022 until the year before when the Rebels agreed to pull out from the competition post season) on ANZAC weekend during the Super Rugby Pacific competition which will celebrate 30 years since the Southern Hemisphere rugby comp had started with the first match of the professional era here in New Zealand being staged in Palmerston North (AKA Palmy) between the Hurricanes (Who had both Tana Umaga & Christian Cullen as their star men), & the eventual champions the Blues (Who had their star talisman & once our poster boy of New Zealand rugby of the late Jonah Lomu who I thought had a disappointing Super 12 according to the Lomu mini-series that was shown in 2019, but he had a decent but great season altogether, & Carlos Spencer who was with the team altogether).

And lastly that according to the text message on Messenger that one of my friends on Facebook of Justine Hoeta-McDonnell who lives in Brisbane says that she talks to one of her friends of Hera often but never sees her a lot, & then all of a sudden that she was thrilled that Hera is about to get married to Brendan Baker meaning that their children of girls Willow & her little sis Charli who both were stoked & delighted that their parents were engaged on that matter according to that little family (And Justine said to me that she remembers me well, especially when I once saw her that she alluded to me about when Mrs Penny played the piano during the school assembly back in my Raetihi Primary School days, & I heard that she's married & had kids just like Hera), & there was a fact about her that she lived there in Whanganui such as Springvale first then Castlecliff with her Nan, but Justine used to go to Whanganui High School which is me & Jansi's old school, & she used to walk all the way to WHS when she used to live in Springvale, & Justine used to catch the bus to Whanganui High School when she once lived in Castlecliff.

So that is my 672nd blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 24th of this year, viva Ukraine.